[Samba] Oplock problems with Office 97 and Windows 95 in Samba > 2.0.7
Hannu Virtanen
hkv at ipso.fi
Mon Nov 18 08:35:01 GMT 2002
Marian,
Thank for You response. Here is my smb.conf:
Load smb config files from /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[nem]"
Processing section "[ohj]"
Processing section "[proj]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[nemadmin]"
Loaded services file OK.
# Global parameters
[global]
coding system =
client code page = 850
code page directory = /usr/samba/lib/codepages
workgroup = SAMBA
netbios name =
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Samba 2.2.6
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = USER
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = No
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /usr/samba/private/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *ew*password:* %n\n *e-enter*new*password:* %n\n
passwd chat debug = No
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
admin log = No
log level = 0
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file =
max log size = 50
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = Yes
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt status support = Yes
announce version = 4.9
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 16644
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
unix extensions = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 15
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
name cache timeout = 660
read size = 16384
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
stat cache size = 50
use mmap = Yes
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
disable spoolss = No
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
mangling method = hash
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 65
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = Yes
local master = Yes
domain master = Yes
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = Yes
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = No
lock spin count = 3
lock spin time = 10
oplock break wait time = 10
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /usr/samba/var/locks
pid directory = /usr/samba/var/locks
default service =
message command =
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map =
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind use default domain = No
comment = Samba %v
path =
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = nobody
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list =
write list =
printer admin = hkv
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
force unknown acl user = 00
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow = 193.94.63. 193.66.15.38
hosts deny =
status = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
profile acls = No
block size = 1024
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
write cache size = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = bsd
print command = /usr/bsd/lpr -r -h -P%p %s
lpq command = /usr/bsd/lpq -P%p
lprm command = /usr/bsd/lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command = disable %p
queueresume command = enable %p
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
printer driver =
printer driver file = /usr/samba/lib/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
csc policy = manual
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = No
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = hkv jyrri
read only = No
browseable = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[nem]
comment = Nemetschek Datat
path = /usr/nem
valid users = nykis1 jaaju kaiju terjo
read only = No
create mask = 0774
directory mask = 0775
[ohj]
comment = Ohjelmatiedostot
path = /usr/ohj
valid users = +user
admin users = admin hkv jyrri
force group = sys
read only = No
[proj]
comment = Projektihakemisto
path = /usr/proj
valid users = +user
read only = No
create mask = 0774
directory mask = 0775
[print$]
path = /usr/samba/printer
admin users = hkv
write list = hkv
guest ok = Yes
[nemadmin]
comment = Nemetschek Admin
path = /usr2/nemadmin
valid users = nykis1 jaaju terjo kaiju
read only = No
create mask = 0774
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No
The Office documents are in service [proj]. Hopefully Samba is not only for
Linux.
Hannu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marian Mlcoch, Ing" <mm at tsmp.sk>
To: "Hannu Virtanen" <hkv at ipso.fi>
Cc: <samba at samba.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Oplock problems with Office 97 and Windows 95 in Samba
> 2.0.7
> Hi Hannu
> I mean that yuor problem not is in oplock but you change from 2.0.7 to
> newest platform and more default values of samba conf is changed in new
> version. First you must post to this list your conf that is reply of samba
> command
>
> testparm -s
>
> afther this anybody can try help you to solve your problem.
> Secondary problem is compatibility of kernels that new samba is optimized
> for linux.
> Try post more information.
> Bye.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hannu Virtanen" <hkv at ipso.fi>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:37 AM
> Subject: [Samba] Oplock problems with Office 97 and Windows 95 in Samba >
> 2.0.7
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have used Samba in SGI IRIX 6.5(now 6.5.11m) machines from the SGI
> > version 2.0.7. We have Windows 95, NT4 and 2000 clients. We had no
> problems
> > with the version 2.0.7 at all. I am looking for the new
possibilities(PDC,
> > BDC and LDAP...) with Samba 2.2.5 and newer. I installed samba.org
version
> > of Samba 2.2.5 and from that we have had problems with Office 97
documents
> > in Windows 95 machines. Office freezes and cannot save or create new
> > documents or open existing documents. I searched for this kind of
problems
> > from the mailing lists and the web and found out that i am not the only
> one
> > having problems with oplocks.
> > Why did i not have problems with 2.0.7, is Windows 95 support forgotten
> from
> > the 2.2.x versions of Samba?
> > The common advice is to put oplocks = no, but this i cannot do, because
it
> > means not to use Office 97 from Windows 95 machines(they cannot use any
> > Office documents from the share or create new ones at all), why is that?
> > Is there difference in putting oplocks =no at global or share sections
on
> > smb.conf, which kind?
> > Is there a way of telling the client to not ask for oplocks, so that i
> could
> > disable oplocks from Windows 95 machines?
> > We are now using Samba 2.2.6 with the same problems as 2.2.5 even though
> > there have been discussions of correcting locking problems from 2.2.5,
but
> > if this thing was fine allready in version 2.0.7, why does Samba have
this
> > kind of fundamental problems?
> > Version 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 have oplock errors also with other
> programs(F-Secure
> > Anti-Virus, AutoCAD LT 97...), but they does not seem to affect to
> programs
> > like Office 97.
> > There has been also loss of documents with Office 97 at these
situations,
> > when the program cannot save the file(anywhere anymore).
> > I have not heard any problems with Windows NT4 or 2000 clients allthough
> in
> > the web many have told there ar same kind of problems also with these
> > clients.
> >
> >
> > Hannu Virtanen
> >
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